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Sunday, January 10, 2010
Winter detox, day 1
Hi and welcome to 2010! I hope you all made it through the holidays intact and are having a great start to the year. For the next two weeks I am going to be writing about my experience and thoughts while going through a detox program.
Some of my wonderful colleagues at Awakening Lotus put together a 14 day detox program for our patients, and we decided to do it as well. While I have done a detox before, I am excited about this one for a number of reasons. As much as I usually prefer to do a detox in the warmer weather (it seems easier to me, to eat mostly vegetables in the spring and summer), I find some synchronicity in this - it's a new year, I've been organizing and cleaning out my office, my papers - so why not my body and my mind as well? There are some eating habits I got into over the holidays that I'd like to get rid of, and for me, remembering how good my body feels without all the sugar, caffiene, alcohol and dairy is a good way to get back on track and eating in a way that gives me energy and makes me feel good!
So, that being said the other thing I am most excited about is doing this detox as a group. I have only ever done them on my own previously, and I think dialoguing with people, and knowing that they're going through a similar experience can be enormously helpful. Support and community is something that is beneficial beyond words , all the time, but especially during challenging times. I can't wait to see how it goes!
Another thing I decided to do along with the detox is to post something daily about my experience or some thoughts. I'm using this time to recenter, get back to yoga and meditation - to start this year feeling good, thinking clearly and being joyful.
As for the detox report - just finishing up day 1 and it went pretty well. This morning (and the next 13 to come) I started with an olive oil, lemon and garlic concoction to help flush out the gallbladder. Which actually wasn't as bad as it may sound. I didn't mind drinking it as much as I minded the 4 hour garlic aftertaste. Had enough energy to get through work, and felt satisfied with my food. It was a good day one.
With that I am going to leave you with a paragraph from "Turning the Mind into an Ally," by Sakyong Mipham, a great book on meditation that I would recommend to anyone.
Some of my wonderful colleagues at Awakening Lotus put together a 14 day detox program for our patients, and we decided to do it as well. While I have done a detox before, I am excited about this one for a number of reasons. As much as I usually prefer to do a detox in the warmer weather (it seems easier to me, to eat mostly vegetables in the spring and summer), I find some synchronicity in this - it's a new year, I've been organizing and cleaning out my office, my papers - so why not my body and my mind as well? There are some eating habits I got into over the holidays that I'd like to get rid of, and for me, remembering how good my body feels without all the sugar, caffiene, alcohol and dairy is a good way to get back on track and eating in a way that gives me energy and makes me feel good!
So, that being said the other thing I am most excited about is doing this detox as a group. I have only ever done them on my own previously, and I think dialoguing with people, and knowing that they're going through a similar experience can be enormously helpful. Support and community is something that is beneficial beyond words , all the time, but especially during challenging times. I can't wait to see how it goes!
Another thing I decided to do along with the detox is to post something daily about my experience or some thoughts. I'm using this time to recenter, get back to yoga and meditation - to start this year feeling good, thinking clearly and being joyful.
As for the detox report - just finishing up day 1 and it went pretty well. This morning (and the next 13 to come) I started with an olive oil, lemon and garlic concoction to help flush out the gallbladder. Which actually wasn't as bad as it may sound. I didn't mind drinking it as much as I minded the 4 hour garlic aftertaste. Had enough energy to get through work, and felt satisfied with my food. It was a good day one.
With that I am going to leave you with a paragraph from "Turning the Mind into an Ally," by Sakyong Mipham, a great book on meditation that I would recommend to anyone.
"It's fine to take pleasure, to enjoy good food, and to listen to beautiful music. Becoming curious about how we suffer doesn'tmean that we can no longer enjoy eating ice cream. But once we begin to understand the bewilderment of our untrained mind, we won't look to the ice cream and say, "that's happiness." We'll realize that the mind can be happy devoid of ice cream. We'll realize that the mind is content and happy by nature."
Labels: acupuncture, chinese medicine, detox, meditation, new year, winter
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